FILE – This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions,…

FILE – This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. A leading doctor who chairs a World Health Organization expert group described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as “a random event” that might be explained by risky sexual behavior at two recent mass events in Europe. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File)

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Dr. Jeffrey Kopin: Should we be concerned about monkeypox?

by: Pete Zimmerman

Posted: May 24, 2022 / 04:14 PM CDT

Updated: May 24, 2022 / 04:14 PM CDT

FILE – This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions,…

by: Pete Zimmerman

Posted: May 24, 2022 / 04:14 PM CDT

Updated: May 24, 2022 / 04:14 PM CDT

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, Chief Medical Officer for Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, joins John Williams to tell us what we need to know about monkeypox and how monkeypox differs from COVID. Dr. Kopin also answers all of your medical questions.